Loyalp4wn

@Golfingdad , I have been giving the driver a lot of practice, and now feel comfortable using it in my rounds. Thanks for the honest input!

Yeah yeah, I get it, you literally find all of this hilarious, quit being a broken record... I really don't even think you read my first post.. I was trying to get advice on club selection, not to stroke my ego! I'm just going to say this, because this is LITERALLY the only thing you want to hear from me, maybe I don't hit the 5wood 270 yards! And don't try to tell me about your hilarity, or try to put any other equation into this, because I know the only thing you wanted to get from me is that I don't hit the 5wood as far as I said I do. I regret posting things like this because of people like you, you want to turn this into some kind of ego battle to fulfill your God complex, give it a rest man, I just gave you your belittlement fix so move on.

a slow mo video with face on view? What is this, help me Peter Kostis?! Look man, I'm not going to bend over backwards to show you something I'm confident with. And you can hold your handicap perspective over me all day, I told you I had a "good" short game, not a great short game. I gave you an explanation of the par 4's that I play consistently from the blue tees, how are you going to tell me that if I'm facing 60-70 yard approach shots on a par 4 370 yd hole that I'm not reaching 300? I'm not going to even respond to this 5 wood bull anymore either, because seriously... why do you care so much? Is it that a 10 handicapper is hitting the ball farther than you? It really seems like that is the reoccurring point you keep trying to make in your posts. This thread wasn't even intended for this pointless banter, and I'm just assuming that you're going to keep beating a dead horse with your responses, and since you don't have video evidence now, you've won this battle! Just take the victory and enjoy your 2 handicap, you earned it.

Thanks for your confidence Tims65. I feel like theres a lot of beating around the bush here for no reason. Lets say I do find a more accurate means of measuring my distances, I still feel like I'm not going to be that far off of my original estimates. At my home course, that I play every day, there are a few par 4's that are from 350-370 yds. On the ones closer to 370 yds my drive lands 10-15 yds in front of the 100 yard marker. If there are winds blowing at me, I'm usually right at or before the 100 yard marker. Maybe I don't have the most accurate means of measuring my distances, but I know what a 250 yard drive looks like, and then I know what my drive looks like and it's considerably farther! I'm not saying any of this to be arrogant, or "wow look at me I can drive the ball 300 yards", I'm saying this with years of development and progress with my swing. I hope I can get a video on here showing you my full swing speed, as the videos I have on here are swings on the range. You can say what you want about my handicap not adding up to my distances either, I just registered for an official handicap 2 weeks ago and haven't received it yet, I'm just giving you my strokes over par average, which is 9.6. I'm now dealing with 60-70 yard layups that require an extreme amount of touch that I'm currently without, when I was using my 5wood to tee off I was dealing with 110 yard lay ups that I have a better gauge with.

My swing wasnt a representation of 270 yards! Did you read my comment by the way? Ill post a video hittiing my 5 wood exacty like I do off the tee when I play tomorrow, and you can tell me if im speculating.

My handicap trend is 9.6 strokes over par, I wont have an official handicap until my clubs revision date. But based on the scores that Ive put in there, which are high 70s low 80s, and compared to those with similar scores that have a handicap, im assuming mine will be closer to a 7. Ive hit my driver on a launch monitor, and the shortest ball I hit was 295 yards, everything else low 300's. Im pretty sure we're going to disagree all day on the 5wood distances, but I know for sure Im hitting the driver in the 300s

Also, thanks for the replys everyone, and the kind words about my swing!

Savvyswede, at Torrey Pines driving range they purposely take 30% of the distance off their range balls to avoid players hitting each other, as there are mats on both sides of the range.

Osmond I could be wrong on 270 yds, however I'm confident that when I was hitting the 5 wood off the tee, I was in the 260s. With the new driver, I'm positive that I'm not hitting anything less than 300 yards unless I miss hit the ball. I'm pretty sure im not exaggerating these numbers either, because with the new driver I am now seeing my ball 30-40 yards farther than golfers I play with. These aren't your weekend hackers either. Today I was actually awestruck at the distance of my drive, on a par 4 that's 368 yards to the green from the blue tees I actually hit my ball 20 yards short from the green. There was an extreme amount of wind however, and the group in front of me approaching the green was not very happy that I almost hit them.. (I couldn't believe it either). I'm kind of in between your statement of seeing lower scores though. I see it on some holes now, however with my large drive now, I'm seeing 60-70 yard lay ups now that I haven't practiced in a while that are baffling me. (I've gone with the bump and run approach to these now after learning my lesson with trying to gauge the gap with a wedge, and I'm seeing great results). I do think in time though I will start to see lower scores, my short game is good, however I'm going to need to practice certain shots now that I haven't come into contact with when using my 5 wood.

Hitting the s3 [VIDEO]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ML-TGL5o7mY[/VIDEO]

--update-- last week I bought a Cobra S3 driver with 10.5 degrees of loft, and I'm glad to say that this is the most consistent driver I've ever hit. I have a regular shaft on it, and I no longer tee off with my 5 wood. With this new driver I'm putting the ball out there 300+, I'll post a video of it tomorrow, love this driver!

Lihu, thanks for the advice on club choice. Im currently using callaway xhot irons which actually feel excellent, despite getting too much carry at times. Im also using regular shafts on all of my woods, including the 5wood and driver. What would be the difference if I upgraded to the shaft you mentioned? Ive noticed that when I initially was trying out drivers, stiff shafts we're having me slice the ball consistently. Im going to take all of the info ive learned on this thread to my next club purchase, and this time around ill make some better decisions. Not that im too dissapointed with my current game, im just now wondering the potential for better play that I could be disregarding. Thanks for the info by the way

I agree, that is still considerable distance. I think the amount of time that I've spent hitting the 5 wood I have has given me the ability to accurately swing faster. I mean, whenever im playing with people, they'll say, "wow you really pound that 3 wood". When they come to find its a 5 wood, and that ive out drove them, theyre usually pretty dumbfounded haha.

Yes, those would be very accurate numbers to my distances. I also tend to play most of my shots off my front foot because I know that I could potentially over hit those shots very easily. I also place the ball at my front foot for my 5 wood tee shots.